Young-Hyun You 1,2, Myung-Chul Lee 2 and Jong-Guk Kim
1School of Life Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 702-701, Korea
2National Agrobiodiversity Center, National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA, Wanju 565-851, Korea
Correspondence to kimjg@knu.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December 30, 2014, 42(4):269-275.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.2014.42.4.269
Received: July 29, 2014; Revised: September 24, 2014; Accepted: November 23, 2014
Published: December 30, 2014.
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Halophytes of seven species, Carex scabrifolia Steud., Limonium tetragonum Bullock, Salicornia europaea L., Suaeda glauca Bunge, Suaeda japonica Makino, Suaeda maritima Dumort., and Triglochin maritimum L. were collected from the Taean Peninsula. Thirty-seven endophytic fungi were isolated from the root of halophytes, and analyzed using the DNA sequences of internal transcribed spacers (ITS). The diversity of all endophytic fungi was analyzed using diversity indices. The endophytic fungi associated with the halophytes belonged to seven orders; Eurotiales (78%), Capnodiales (5%), Hypocreales (5%), Agaricales (3%), Corticiales (3%), Glomerellales (3%), and Pleosporales (3%). At the phylum level, the endophytic fungi were composed of Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. At the genus level, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Paecilomyces, Penicillium, Phanerochaete, Schizophyllum, Talaromyces, and Verticillium were confirmed. Among them, Penicillium was the most abundant in the roots of the halophytes. This study analyzed the distribution and diversity of endophytic fungi on halophytes in the Taean Peninsula.
Diversity, Endophytic fungi, Halophyte, Taean peninsula